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Thank you, OPB, for hosting a program on Victory Gardens and backyard gardens.

As the Statewide Coordinator of the OSU Master Gardener program, I would like to let folks know about the resources offered to home gardeners by the OSU Extension Service.

Master Gardener hotlines are staffed in 27 of Oregon's 36 counties.  By calling your local hotline, you can ask Master Gardeners for advice on just about any gardening topic imaginable, including:  which vegetable varieties that grow best in your area, how to extend your growing season and about cheap and easy methods for building your soils so that they will support an abundant and nutritious yield.

You can reach your local Master Gardener hotline by calling your local OSU Extension office.    A list of local Master Gardener programs may be found at:

extension.oregonstate.edu/mg

(Click on the left-hand link titled 'Local OSU MG Programs')

I really wish that I could call into the program tomorrow, but I will be in Salem, providing testimony in support of HB2800 (Farm to School and School Garden Program). 

Garden based educational activities  - whether they occur at a school garden, community garden or a backyard garden - can yield multiple benefits for our children.  I have outlined some of these benefits in the testimony that I will present on April 2nd (posted online, at:  osumgblogspot.com)

Thank you again, OPB.  I hope you hear from at least a few Master Gardeners during the Program.

Sincerely,

Gail Langellotto

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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